Story Behind the Story: Anne Greene

  During a long visit to the Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland I became intrigued with why Highland Clans no longer occupied the Highlands. You’ll find the surprising answer in my book Masquerade Marriage. I’m of Scottish ancestry as are so many Americans, and...

Story Behind the Story: Caprice Hokstad

  I don’t usually take events from real life and make them into a plot. (If you knew my plots, you’d know this was a good thing!) But I do try to push plots in a certain direction to make a point. Like “How can a slave girl with no physical...

Research Notes: From the horse’s mouth

Any journalist, historian or author will tell you—get your information from the most direct source possible. Get the story from the people who were there. Well, with limited resrouces and time, that isnt always possible. But in researching my next manuscript, I...

Apologies

Hello faithful blog readers (yes I’m talking to all three of you!) I apologize for the disruption in the regularly scheduled programming. A cold bug has overtaken my home, my husband and my own head. So I’ve been in foggy, murky congestion land for the...

Book Review: Journey to Riverbend

Description: Michael Archer is nothing if not a man of his word. Though he was unable to save Ben Carstairs, Michael is determined to carry out Ben’s dying wish: to be reconciled with his father. Unfortunately, Sam Carstairs, one of the most ruthless businessmen on...